Z for Zipping It Up

by Mama Baer

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Took just four days; the deed was done.
Mom found someone.
Pre-qualified.
I cried inside.

She told us all she prayed them there.
That lucky pair.
It's quite a deal;
in fact, a steal!

My mem'ries they will never know.
Away we go.
Turned in my key.
Reality.

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Mom no sooner stuck the For Sale sign in the front lawn than someone drove by and told their kids about it. The young couple will relocate from a few hours away to take a nearby job. They are ecstatic; so is Mom.

I found this poetry form that seemed suitable for the occasion:

The Minute Poem is a 60-syllable verse form, one syllable for each second in a minute. The theme should be an event that is over and done completely, as in a minute. It was created by Verna Lee Hinegardner, once poet laureate of Arkansas.
It is written as three stanzas with syllables of 8/4/4/4.
The rhyme pattern is aabb ccdd eeff (aabbccddeeff)
Iambic meter.

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NaPoWriMo 29 - A Minute Poem

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Z for Zipping It Up

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